PAM. 

CHINA 


The 

American 

Asiatic 

Association 


1900 


THE  LEHMAIER  PRESS, 

78  AND  eO  BEEKMAN  8T.,  N.  V 


The 

American 

Asiatic 

Association 


IPresiHent 

Everett  Feazar,  65  Wall  Street,  New  York 

lUice^lIDreailjent 

Samuel  D.  Brewster,  79  Leonard  Street,  New  York 

(Ereaauret 

Joseph  R.  Patterson,  87  Front  Street,  New  York 

Sectctarg 

John  Foord,  P.  O.  Box  1500,  New  York 


®jcecutitoe  Committee 

Clarence  Cary,  59  Wall  Street,  New  York 
Thomas  A.  Phelan,  93  Front  Street,  New  York 
William  H.  Stevens,  100  William  Street,  New  York 
Lowell  Lincoln,  216  Church  Street,  New  York 
Silas  D.  Webb,  32  Burling  Slip,  New  York 
Albert  Cordes,  50  Exchange  Place,  New  York 
Francis  B.  Thurber,  143  Chambers  Street,  New  York 


The  AMERiCAisr  Association 
OF  China 


SDfftceris 


Rev.  F.  L.  Hawks  Pott,  President 
J.  F.  Seaman,  Vice-President 
V.  G.  Lyman,  Secretary 
Frank  P.  Ball,  Treasurer 

QErcciittbe  Committee 

F.  E.  Haskell  Rev.  Dr.  J.  R.  Hykes 

R.  W.  Mustard  J.  S.  Fearon 

Rev.  W.  P.  Bentley  Rev.  J.  C.  Ferguson 


A.  W.  Danforth 


The  American  Asiatic  Association 


OF  Japan 

©ffi'ceris 

James  R.  Morse,  President 
G.  W.  Middleton,  Vice-President 
G.  H.  SciDMORE,  Hon.  Treasurer 
L.  H.  Abel,  Hon.  Secretary 

Cjcecutttie  Committee 


John  Lindsley 
E.  R.  Smith 
B.  C.  Howard 


J.  W.  COPMANN 
T.  L.  Brower 
A.  O.  Gay 


Rev.  E.  S.  Booth 


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COi^STITUTIOi^. 


ARTICLE  1. 

NAME. 

The  name  of  this  Association  is  “ The  American 
Asiatic  Association.” 


ARTICLE  11. 
objects  and  purposes. 

The  objects  and  purposes  of  this  Association  are : 

1.  To  foster  and  safeguard  the  trade  and  commercial 
interests  of  the  citizens  of  the  United  States,  and  others 
associated  therewith,  in  the  Empires  of  China,  Japan,  and 
Korea,  and  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  and  elsewhere  in  Asia 
or  Oceania ; 

2.  To  secure  the  advantages  of  sustained  watchfulness 
and  readiness  for  action,  attainable  by  union  and  permanent 
organization,  in  respect  of  such  Asiatic  trade,  and  as  well  in 
matters  of  legislation,  or  treaties  affecting  the  samej 

3.  To  promote  the  creation  and  maintenance  of  a con- 
sular service  of  the  United  States  in  Asia  and  in  Oceania, 
wdiich  shall  be  founded  upon  the  principles  of  uniform  selec- 
tion for  proved  fitness,  of  regular  promotion,  security  of 
tenure  during  good  service,  and  adequate  compensation  j 

4.  To  iirovide  for  convenient  ascertainment  and  dis- 
tribution of  information  affecting  the  interests  of  its  mem- 
bers; 

5.  And,  generally  to  promote  a beneficial  acquaintance 


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and  association  of  those  having  interests  and  pursuits  in 
common  concerned  with  such  trade  or  commerce. 

ARTICLE  III. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Section  1.  Any  person  of  full  age,  who  is  or  may  be- 
come interested  in  the  trade  now  or  hereafter  to  be  con- 
ducted by  the  United  States  in  or  with  the  Empires  of  China, 
Japan,  and  Korea,  or  elsewhere  in  Asia  or  Oceania,  shall  be 
eligible  to  membership  in  tlie  Association.  Corporations 
and  firms  are  eligible  for  membership  in  the  same  manner 
as  individuals  and  shall  be  respectively  entitled  to  one  vote 
each  at  any  meeting  of  the  Association,  as  if  they  were  indi- 
vidual members. 

Sec.  2.  After  the  first  enrolment,  applicants  for  mem- 
bership in  the  Association  shall  be  proposed  by  one  member 
and  seconded  by  another  member  in  writing. 

Sec.  3.  Membership  shall  be  acquired  only  upon  ap- 
proval and  election  by  a majority  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, and  upon  payment  of  the  current  dues.  If  an 
applicant  for  membership  shall  fail  to  pay  such  current 
dues  within  sixty  days  of  notice  of  election  addressed  to  him 
by  mail  at  such  place  as  may  be  given  as  his  address  in  the 
application  for  membership,  his  election  shall  be  void. 

HONORARY  MEMBERSHIP. 

Sec.  4.  The  Association  may,  by  a majority  vote  of  the 
members  at  any  regular  meeting  or  at  any  special  meeting 
called  for  the  purpose,  admit  to  honorary  membership  in  the 
Association  such  person  or  persons  as  shall  have  rendered 
eminent  political,  diplomatic  or  military  service  in  the  ad- 
vancement or  protection  of  American  Asiatic  trade  or  com- 


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merce,  and  such  honorary  members  shall  not  he  chargeable 
with  any  dues. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

OFFICERS  AND  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

OFFICERS. 

Section  1.  The  officers  of  the  Association  shall  he  a 
President,  a Vice-President,  a Secretary  and  a Treasurer. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

Sec.  2.  There  shall  be  an  Executive  Committee,  consist- 
ing of  seven  members. 

Sec.  3.  The  officers  and  the  members  of  the  Executive 
Committee  shall  be  elected  at  the  preliminary  meeting  for 
the  organization  of  the  Association  and  at  each  annual  meet- 
ing thereafter.  The  officers  and  members  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  elected  at  such  preliminary  meeting  shall 
hold  office  until  the  next  annual  meeting,  or  until  their  suc- 
cessors are  chosen.  They  shall  thereafter  be  elected  at  each 
annual  meeting  and  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  thereafter 
or  until  their  successors  are  elected. 

Sec.  4.  The  officers  of  the  Association  shall  he  ex-officio 
members  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

ARTICLE  V. 

PRESIDING  OFFICERS. 

The  President  or,  in  his  absence,  the  Vice-President, 
shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Association. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

TREASURER. 

The  Treasurer  shall  collect  all  dues  and  claims  of  the 
Association,  and  shall  deposit  its  funds  in  a proper  deposit- 


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ary  to  be  selected  by  the  Executive  Committee  j he  shall 
keej)  the  accounts  of  the  Association  and  report  thereon  at 
each  regidar  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  and  of 
the  Association.  Such  accounts  shall  be  audited  by  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  annually.  He  shall  pay  all  bills  when 
certified  as  correct,  as  prescribed  by  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee, and  shall  also  notify  persons  elected  to  membership  of 
their  election,  and  sign  all  checks  of  the  Association  unless 
otherwise  provided  by  the  Executive  Committee.  The 
Treasurer  shall  further  perform  such  other  duties  as  may 
from  time  to  time  be  prescribed  by  the  Association  or  the 
Executive  Committee. 


ARTICLE  VII. 

SECRETARY. 

The  Secretary  shall  give  notice  of  all  meetings  of  the 
Association  and  of  the  ExecutiAm  Committee,  and  shall  keep 
the  minutes  of  such  meetings.  He  shall  conduct  the  corres- 
pondence, and  keep  the  records  of  the  Association.  He  shall 
furnish  the  Treasurer  the  names  of  all  persons  elected  to 
membership,  and  shall  be  the  keeper  of  the  seal  of  the  Asso- 
ciation. 


ARTICLE  VIII. 

DUTIES  OF  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

Section  1.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  adopt  a 
proper  seal  for  the  Association,  and  shall  have  general 
charge  of  its  affairs,  funds  and  propertj’’.  It  shall  have  full 
power  and  it  shall  be  its  duty  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of 
the  Association  according  to  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws. 

Sec.  2.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  have  power  to 
fill  all  A’acancies  which  may  occur  in  the  ofiBces  of  the  Asso- 


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elation  for  any  nnexpired  term  of  sncli  office,  and  also  to  fill 
all  vacancies  in  the  membership  of  the  Executive  Committee 
until  the  next  annual  meeting  or  until  an  election  may  be 
held  to  fill  any  such  vacancy. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

MEETINGS. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  an  annual  meeting  of  the 
Association  in  the  City  of  New  York  on  the  third  Thursday 
in  October  in  each  year,  beginning  with  the  year  1898,  at 
such  hour  and  place  as  the  Executive  Committee  may  desig- 
nate. 

Sec.  2.  At  all  meetings  of  the  Association  ten  members 
shall  constitute  a quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business. 
If  no  quorum  be  present,  the  presiding  officer  may  adjourn 
the  meeting  to  any  other  day  thereafter. 

Sec.  3.  Special  meetings  of  the  Association  may  be 
called  at  any  time  by  the  Executive  Committee.  Upon  the 
written  request  of  five  members  the  President  or,  in  his  ab- 
sence, the  Vice-President  shall  call  a special  meeting  of  the 
Association.  The  request  for  a special  meeting  and  also  the 
notice  of  any  special  meeting  shall  state  the  object  for  which 
the  meeting  is  called. 

Sec.  4.  Notice  of  all  meetings,  whether  annual  or 
special,  shall  be  mailed  to  each  member  of  the  Association 
at  least  three  days  prior  to  the  meeting,  at  the  address  which 
such  member  shall  furnish  to  the  Secretary  for  that  purpose. 

ARTICLE  X. 

ANNUAL  DUES. 

Section  1.  The  annual  dues  for  membership  in  the 
Association  shall  be  ten  dollars,  payable  annually  in  advance 
on  the  first  day  of  July  in  each  year. 


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Sec.  2.  Should  the  dues  of  any  member  remain  unpaid 
for  the  space  of  two  months,  the  Treasurer  shall  cause  him 
to  be  notified  by  mail  of  the  fact,  and  if  such  member  then 
fails  to  pay  such  dues  within  two  months  after  such  notice 
shall  have  been  deposited  in  the  mail,  his  name  may  be 
stricken  from  the  rolls  by  the  vote  of  a majority  present  at 
any  meeting  held  thereafter;  but  such  defaulting  member 
may  at  any  time  thereafter  be  restored  to  membership  by  a 
like  majority  vote  of  the  Association  at  any  meeting  of  the 
same,  and  on  payment  of  all  such  dues  as  may  then  be  in 
arrear. 


ARTICLE  XL 

CENSURE,  EXPULSION,  ETC. 

Any  member  may  be  censured,  suspended  or  expelled 
for  a violation  of  this  Constitution  or  of  any  rule  or  By-Law 
established  thereunder,  or  for  any  conduct  which  in  the 
opinion  of  the  Association  is  improper  and  prejudicial  to 
the  welfare  and  reputation  of  the  Association,  by  a vote  of 
three-fourths  of  the  members  of  the  Association  present  at 
any  regular  meeting  thereof,  provided  ten  days’  previous 
notice  in  writing  of  such  meeting  have  been  given  to  the 
member  whose  case  may  be  thus  under  consideration,  to- 
gether with  a statement  of  the  charge  which  has  been  made 
against  him. 


ARTICLE  XII. 

RESIGNATIONS. 

Resignations  of  membership  shall  be  made  to  the  Sec- 
retary in  writing,  and  shall  be  duly  accepted,  provided  such 
member  shall  be  in  good  standing  and  shall  not  be  in  default 
of  any  current  annual  dues  at  the  time  of  offering  his 
resignation. 


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ARTICLE  XIII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

This  Constitution  may  be  amended  at  any  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Association  or  at  any  special  meeting  called  for 
the  purpose  by  a two-thii-ds  vote  in  the  affirmative,  a quorum 
being  present  and  voting.  Notice  of  proposed  amendments 
shall  be  furnished  to  the  Secretary  at  least  fifteen  days  be- 
fore the  meeting  at  which  it  is  proposed  to  consider  them, 
and  the  Secretary  shall  cause  such  notice  to  be  printed  and 
sent  to  the  address  of  each  member  at  least  ten  days  before 
such  meeting. 


ARTICLE  XIV. 

BY-LAWS. 

By-Laws  not  inconsistent  with  this  Constitution  may  be 
proposed  and  adopted  at  any  regular  meeting  of  the  Associa- 
tion, or  at  any  special  meeting  called  for  the  purpose  of  con- 
sidering the  same,  but  the  terms  or  nature  of  such  By-Laws 
must  be  set  forth  in  the  notice  to  be  given  of  any  meeting  at 
which  they  are  so  to  be  considered. 


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HISTORY. 

The  Association  had  its  origin  in  a conference  of  mer- 
chants and  others  interested  in  the  maintenance  of  tlie  com- 
mercial rights  and  privileges  possessed  by  the  United  States 
in  China,  held  at  59  Wall  Street,  New  York,  on  Thursday, 
January  6, 1898.  Mr.  James  McGee  of  the  Standard  Oil  Com- 
pany presided,  and  it  was  resolved  that  a committee  of  five  be 
appointed  by  the  chair  to  confer  with  the  appropriate  com- 
mittee of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and,  if  deemed  desirable, 
to  communicate  with  other  commercial  bodies  throughout 
the  country  in  relation  to  the  methods  to  be  adopted  to  con- 
serve the  rigths  of  citizens  of  the  United  States  in  the  Chinese 
Empire.  The  committee  thus  appointed  consisted  of  Mr. 
Everett  Frazar  of  Frazar  & Company,  Mr.  S.  D.  Brewster  of 
Deering,  Milliken  & Company,  Captain  E.  L.  Zalinski  of  the 
Bethlehem  Iron  Company,  Mr.  Clarence  Cary  of  Cary  & 
AVhitridge,  and  Mr.  John  Foord  of  the  Journal  of  Commerce 
& Commercial  Bulletin.  This  committee  conferred  with  the 
Committee  on  Foreign  Commerce  and  the  Revenue  Laws  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  submitted  to  it  the  following 
petition,  together  with  other  data  bearing  on  the  trade  and 
treaty  rights  of  American  citizens  in  China: 

To  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the  State  of  New  York: 

The  undersigned  merchants,  manufacturers  and  others 
interested  in  the  large  and  rapidly  growing  export  trade  of 
the  United  States  in  the  Empire  of  China,  believing  that  the 
movements  of  European  powers  recently  occurring,  and 
likely  to  further  occur  within  the  territory  of  such  Empire, 
affect,  and  may  ultimately  prove  highly  detrimental  to  the 
trade  privileges  now  enjoyed  there  by  American  citizens 
under  their  existing  treaty  rights,  hereby  respectfully  urge 


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the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  of  tlie  State  of  New  York,  to 
consider,  and  to  take  such  immediate  action  in  the  premises 
as  may  be  deemed  expedient  and  proper,  to  the  end  that  the 
present  situation  may  he  brought  to  tlie  attention  of  the 
Department  of  State,  at  Washington,  and  that  the  important 
commercial  iutei’ests  of  the  United  States,  together  with  ex- 
isting treaty  rights  of  her  citizens  in  China,  may  be  duly  and 
prombtly  further  safeguarded. 

New  York,  January  13,  1998. 


Signed  by 

Frazar  & Co.,  63-65  Wall  Street. 

Carter,  Macy  & Co.,  140-142  Pearl  Street. 

John  E.  Ward,  59  Wall  Street. 

The  H.  B.  Claflin  Co.,  by  John  Claflin,  President,  224  Church 
Street. 

China  & Japan  Trading  Co.,  Ltd.,  S.  D.  Webb,  President,  32 
Burling  Slip. 

George  F.  Seward,  97-101  Cedar  Street. 

C.  P.  Huntington,  New  York  City. 

Standard  Oil  Co.,  by  Wm.  Rockefeller,  President,  New  York 
City. 

The  American  Trading  Co.,  Wm.  H.  Stevens,  Treasurer,  100  Wil- 
liam Street. 

Wheelwright,  Eldredge  & Co.,  61-63  Worth  Street. 

Woodward,  Baldwin  & Co.,  43-45  Worth  Street. 

E.  H.  Sampson,  105  Worth  Street. 

Smith,  Hogg  & Gardner,  115-117  Worth  Street. 

Bliss,  Fabyan  & Co. , 117  Duane  Street. 

Catlin  & Co.,  216  Church  Street. 

Deering,  Milliken  & Co.,  79-81  Leonard  Street. 

Buckingham  & Paulson,  83  Leonard  Street. 

Noyes,  Bausher  & Gerrish,  19  Thomas  Street. 

Minot,  Hooper  & Co.,  40  Thomas  Street. 

Joshua  L.  Baily  & Co.,  19-21  Thomas  Street. 

Haines  & Bishop,  70-72  Worth  Street. 

Treat  & Converse,  79-81  Worth  Street. 

E.  D.  Cordes  & Co.,  50  Exchange  Place. 

Irwin,  McBride,  Catherwood  & Co.,  92  Front  Street. 

George  W.  Lane  & Co.,  93  Front  Street. 

Mosle  Bros.,  16  Exchange  Place. 

Hamilton  & Cholwell,  128  Front  Street. 


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The  Pantasote  Company,  E.  H.  Outerbridge,  Treasurer,  29  Broad- 
way. 

Cornell,  Underhill  & Bros.,  13  Gold  Street. 

Beebe  & Bros.,  130  Water  Street. 

Hewlett  & Lee,  132  Front  Street. 

Osborn  & Lindsley,  104  Front  Street. 

Wm.  A.  Avis  & Co.,  91  Front  Street. 

Wm.  P.  Room  & Co.,  91  Front  Street. 

Jos.  Allston,  Gillet  & Bro.,  93  Wall  Street. 

Jas.  & John  R.  Montgomery  & Co.,  127-129  Water  Street. 

Cass  & Mote,  68  Pine  Street. 

The  G.  B.  Farrington  Co.,  D.  C.  Johnson,  President,  151  Front 
Street. 

Westinghouse  Electric  & Manufacturing  Co.,  by  P.  F.  M.  Kobbe, 
Third  Vice-President,  120  Broadway. 

H.  W.  Johus  Mfg.  Co.,  100  William  Street. 

E.  F.  Phelan,  125  Front  Street. 

Fearon,  Daniel  & Co.,  per  J.  R.  Patterson,  attorney,  87  Front 
Street. 

Alfred  H.  Post,  13  William  Street. 

Chas.  A.  Schieren  & Co.,  47  Ferry  Street. 

Manning,  Maxwell  & Moore,  111-113  Liberty  Street. 

Pond  Machine  Tool  Co.,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

The  Ashcroft  Manufacturing  Co.,  Ill  Liberty  Street,  N.  Y. 

The  Consolidated  Safety  Valve  Co.,  113  Liberty  Street,  N.  Y. 

The  Hayden  & Derby  Manufacturing  Co.,  Ill  Liberty  Street,  N.  Y. 

Burnham,  Williams  & Co.,  Baldwin  Locomotive  Works,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Hookes  & Townsend,  bolt,  nut  and  rivet  manufacturers,  Phila- 
delphia. 

Edwin  Harrington,  Son  & Co.,  Incorporated,  machine  tool 
builders,  1505  Penn  Avenue,  Philadelphia. 

Wm.  Sellers  & Co.,  Incorporated,  Wm.  Sellers,  President,  ma- 
chine tools,  etc.,  1600  Hamilton  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Jackson  & Sharp  Co.,  Job  H.  Jackson,  President,  Wilmington, 
Del. 

The  Pusey  & Jones  Co.,  Charles  H.  Pusey,  President,  Wilming- 
ton, Del. 

The  J.  Morton  Poole  Co.,  Wm.  T.  Porter,  President,  Wilming- 
ton, Del. 

Diamond  State  Iron  Co.,  George  W.  Todd,  President,  Wilming- 
ton, Del. 

Hilles  & Jones  Co.,  T.  Allen  Hilles,  Vice-President,  Wilmington, 
Del. 

The  Seidel  & Hastings  Co.,  by  Wm.  P.  Hastings,  Treasurer,  Wil- 
mington, Del. 


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Pittsburg  Locomotive  & Car  Works,  T.  Wilson  Miller,  President, 
Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Brooks  Locomotive  Works,  by  F.  H.  Stevens,  President,  Dun- 
kirk, N.  Y. 

Rogers  Locomotive  Co.,  by  Robert  S.  Hughes,  President,  Pater- 
son, N.  J. 

James  H.  Wilson,  Wilmington,  Del. 

Hartford  Carpet  Co.,  by  J.  L.  Houston,  President,  Thompson- 
ville.  Conn. 

Cooke  Locomotive  & Machine  Co.,  John  S.  Cooke,  President, 
Paterson,  N.  J. 

The  Bethlehem  Iron  Co.,  Robt.  T.  Linderman,  President,  South 
Bethlehem,  Pa. 

The  Carnegie  Steel  Co.,  Limited,  per  C.  M.  B.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

The  Illinois  Steel  Co.,  per  C.  C.  Cluff,  Eastern  Agent. 


Througli  its  chairman,  Mr.  Gustav  H.  Schvrab,  the  Com- 
mittee on  Foreign  Commerce  and  the  Revenue  Laws  sub- 
mitted the  following  report  to  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  at 
its  regular  monthly  meeting  of  February  3,  1898  : 

Your  Committee  find  that  the  citizens  of  the  United 
States  in  China  are  accorded  certain  trade  rights  and  priv- 
ileges under  three  treaties  concluded  at  various  times  between 
the  United  States  Government  and  that  of  the  Empire  of 
China,  guaranteeing  to  the  citizens  of  the  United  States, 
under  the  so-called  favored  nation  clause  all  right,  privileges 
and  favors  granted  by  China  to  any  other  nation.  Further- 
more they  find  that  the  export  trade  from  the  United  States 
to  China  and  Hong  Kong,  as  far  as  it  could  be  determined 
from  the  returns  of  trade,  has  increased  in  value  from  the 
sum  of  $8,117,059  in  1893,  to  the  sum  of  $17,978,065  in  1897. 
These  figures  are  incomplete,  as  the  sums  quoted  and  taken 
from  the  Chinese  customs  returns  represent  goods  carried 
directly  between  an  American  and  a Chinese  port,  whereas 
goods  transhipped  in  a British  or  foreign  port  appear  under 
the  head  of  imports  from  the  intermediate  country.  The 
total  quantity  of  exports  from  the  United  States  to  China, 
therefore,  in  reality  is  without  doubt  considerably  larger. 
The  returns  given  by  your  Committee,  nevertheless,  indicate 
a considerable  growth  in  the  exports  from  the  United  States 


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to  China  in  the  present  condition  of  trade  with  that  country, 
which  is  limited  to  certain  treaty  ports,  and  it  is  to  be  ex- 
pected that  with  the  further  opening  of  the  Empire  to  West- 
ern civilization,  and  the  removal  of  restrictions  to  trade  now 
existing,  the  export  of  American  products  to  China  will  con- 
tinue to  show  an  increasing  growth. 

Steps  have  been  taken  by  European  powers  to  occupy 
Chinese  territory,  and  to  acquire  title  to  such  territory 
whereby  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Chinese  Empire  over  the  ter- 
ritory thus  ceded  would  cease  and  the  laws  of  the  foreign 
government  would  prevail. 

Under  these  circumstances  your  Committee  believe  that 
the  privileges  in  China,  now  enjoyed  by  American  citizens 
under  existing  treaty  rights,  should  be  jealously  guarded 
and  carefully  watched,  and  that  tlie  Chamber  of  Commerce 
should  impress  upon  our  Government  the  increasing  value 
of  the  export  trade  of  the  country  to  the  Empire  of  China 
and  the  imperative  necessity  for  its  protection,  in  view  of 
the  action  taken  by  European  powers  in  the  East. 

Your  Committee,  therefore,  submit  the  following  me- 
morial to  the  President  of  the  United  States,  embodying 
these  views  and  urging  that  steps  be  taken  to  safeguard  the 
commercial  interests  of  the  United  States  in  China: 

To  the  President  of  the  United  States, 

Washington,  D.  0. ; 

The  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the  State  of  New  York 
beg  leave  respectfully  to  represent : 

That  there  are  important  changes  going  on  in  the  rela- 
tions of  European  powers  to  the  Empire  of  China  affecting 
the  territory  of  that  Empire,  and  to  that  extent  affecting  the 
privileges  enjoyed  under  existing  treaty  rights  by  American 
citizens  trading  in  and  with  China. 

That  the  trade  of  the  United  States  to  China  is  now 
rapidly  increasing,  and  is  destined,  with  the  further  oi^ening 
of  that  country,  to  assume  large  proportions  unless  arbi- 
trarily debarred  by  the  action  of  foreign  governments,  the 
exports  from  the  United  States  to  China  and  Hong  Kong,  as 
far  as  they  can  be  traced,  having  grown  from  $8,117,059 
in  1893,  to  $17,978,965  in  1897. 


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Til  at,  in  view  of  the  changes  threatening  to  future 
trade  develoijnient  of  the  United  States  in  China,  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  of  the  State  of  New  York  respectfully  and 
earnestly  ui’ge  that  such  proper  steps  be  taken  as  will  com- 
mend themselves  to  your  wisdom  for  the  prompt  and 
energetic  defense  of  the  existing  treaty  rights  of  our  citizens 
in  China,  and  for  the  preservation  and  protection  of  their 
important  commercial  interests  in  that  Empire. 

And  your  memorialists  will  ever  pray. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

(Signed)  Gustav  H.  Schwab,"!  Of  Committee  on 
James  McCreery,  I Foreign  Com- 
Stephen  W.  Carey,  f merce  and  the 
Jacques  Huber,  j Bevenue  Laivs. 

New  York,  January  28,  1898. 

The  report  and  memorial  were  adopted,  and  it  was 
ordered  that  the  memorial  be  engrossed,  and  signed  by  the 
officers  of  the  Chamber,  and  sent  to  the  President  of  the 
United  States. 

To  this  communication  the  following  reply  was  received 
from  the  Secretary  of  State: 

Department  op  State, 

Washington,  February  11,  1898. 

A.  E.  Orr,  Esq., 

President  Chamber  of  Commeree,  Few  Torh,  N.  Y.; 

Sir:  The  President  has  referred  to  this  Department  the 
memorial  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  dated  the  3d  instant,  in  regard  to  the  effect  upon 
American  trade  of  the  changes  now  going  on  in  the  relations 
of  European  powers  with  the  Empire  of  China. 

This  Government  having  been  the  first  to  bring  about 
the  opening  of  the  iiorts  of  China  to  foreign  commerce,  and 
the  commercial  relations  of  the  United  States  with  the 
Chinese  Empire  having  been  of  large  and  growing  importance 
during  the  forty  years  since  its  treaties  with  that  Empire 
went  into  effect,  this  Department  necessarily  feels  a dee}) 


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intei’est  in  conserving  and  expanding  the  volume  of  trade 
witli  that  country.  I have  pleasure,  therefore,  in  assuring 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the  State  New  York,  that 
this  subject  is  being  given  the  most  careful  consideration. 

Respectfully  yours, 

(Signed)  John  Sherman. 

The  Chambers  of  Commerce  of  Philadelphia,  Boston, 
Cleveland,  and  San  Francisco  were  also  communicated  with, 
and  those  of  Philadelphia,  Boston  and  San  Francisco  took 
action  by  sending  similar  communications  to  the  President. 

The  American  Asiatic  Association  was  formally  organ- 
ized at  a meeting  held  in  New  York  on  June  9th,  1898,  with 
an  enrolled  membership  of  a little  over  fifty.  The  mem- 
bership now  numbers  218.  The  activity  of  the  organization 
has  been  duly  recorded  in  its  Journals,  nine  of  which  have 
already  been  issued.  The  Association  has  addressed  itself 
in  a variety  of  ways  to  the  education  of  public  sentiment 
in  the  United  States  in  regard  to  the  magnitude  of  the 
industrial  and  commercial  interests  involved  in  the  main- 
tenance of  our  existing  treaties  with  China.  By  bringing 
about  the  formation  of  the  American  Association  of  China 
and  the  American  Asiatic  Association  of  Jajjan,  it  has 
greatly  expanded  the  representation  of  American  interests 
in  the  Far  East. 

From  the  American  Association  of  China  this  Associa- 
tion has  received  a number  of  valuable  suggestions  bearing 
on  the  necessity  of  informing  their  fellow-countrymen  at 
home  in  regard  to  the  views  of  American  merchants  residing 
at  Shanghai  and  other  Chinese  ports,  and  of  keeping  before 
the  Government  of  the  United  States  the  necessity  of  as- 
suming a firm  attitude  in  dealing  with  questions  affecting 
the  future  of  trade  in  China.  These  have  been  brought  ta 


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tlie  notice  of  the  President  of  tlie  United  States  and  the  Sec- 
retary of  State,  and  have  received  courteous  attention.  But 
it  became  evident  to  those  charged  with  the  conduct  of  the 
work  of  the  Association  that  to  exercise  its  legitimate  in- 
fluence in  shaping  the  course  of  this  Government  in  dealing 
with  questions  affecting  trade  in  China,  it  was  absolutely  es- 
sential that  the  public  sentiment  of  the  country  should  be 
better  informed  and  should  find  more  emphatic  expression 
than  heretofore.  The  campaign  of  public  education  con- 
ducted by  the  Association  through  the  press  and  by  letters 
and  pamphlets,  as  well  as  by  its  own  journals,  has  prepared 
tlie  way  for  the  general  appreciation  and  support  of  the 
policy  of  the  Administration  in  securing  an  international 
guarantee  for  the  maintenance  of  equality  of  commercial 
opportunity  in  the  markets  of  China.  Declarations  have 
been  made,  at  the  instance  of  the  Government  of  the  United 
States,  by  Great  Britain,  France,  Germany,  Russia,  Italy 
and  Japan  to  tlie  following  effect : 

1.  That  none  of  them  will  in  any  wise  interfere  with 
any  treaty  port  or  any  vested  interest  within  any  so-called 
“sphere  of  interest”  or  leased  territory  it  may  have  in 
China. 

2.  That  the  Chinese  Treaty  Tariff  of  the  time  being 
shall  apply  to  all  merchandise  landed  or  shipped  to  all  such 
ports  as  are  within  such  “ spheres  of  interest  ” (unless  they 
be  “ Free  Ports”)  no  matter  to  what  nationality  it  shall  be- 
long, and  that  duties  so  leviable  shall  be  collected  by  the 
Chinese  Government. 

3.  That  none  of  them  will  levy  any  higher  harbor  dues 
on  vessels  of  another  nationality  frequenting  any  port  in 
such  “ sphere  ” than  shall  be  levied  on  vessels  of  its  own 
nationalitj^,  and  no  higher  railroad  charges  shall  be  levied 
over  lines  built,  controlled  or  operated  within  its  sphere,  on 


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merchandise  belonging  to  citizens  or  subjects  of  other  nation- 
alities transported  through  such  “ sphere  ” than  shall  be 
levied  on  similar  merchandise  belonging  to  its  own  nation- 
ality transported  over  equal  distances. 

The  Association  has  fully  appreciated  the  value  of  this 
great  diplomatic  achievement,  so  thoroughly  in  the  line  of 
its  own  activity,  but  it  has  been  compelled  to  recognize  the 
fact  that  this  is  merely  the  first  step  towards  the  permanent 
establishment  of  the  open  door  for  commerce  in  China. 
There  are  so  many  international  problems  of  the  first  mag- 
nitude, chief  among  them  being  the  preservation  of  the  in- 
tegrity of  the  Chinese  Empire  itself,  bound  up  with  the 
maintenance  and  extension  of  American  influence  in  the  Far 
East,  as  to  render  it  certain  that  there  is  more  important 
work  before  the  Association  even  tlian  any  it  has  yet  under- 
taken. In  addition  to  questions  of  broader  scope,  the  issues 
raised  by  the  pending  revision  of  the  commercial  clauses  of 
the  treaty  of  Tientsin,  the  changed  status  of  foreigners  be- 
fore the  law  in  Japan,  and  the  policy  to  be  pursued  in  regard 
to  trade  and  taxation  in  the  Philippine  Islands  are  among  the 
subjects  which  will  demand  the  attention  of  the  Association 
in  the  immediate  future. 


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American  Treaty  Rights  in  China. 

In  presenting  the  petition  to  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
Committee  the  following  information,  prepared  by  Mr. 
Clarence  Cary,  was  filed  in  regard  to  the  history  and  status 
of  existing  treaties  between  the  United  States  and  the 
Empire  of  China: 

The  first  treaty,  which  was  concluded  July  3,  1844,  at  Wang 
Hiya  in  China,  by  Caleb  Cushing  on  one  side,  and  Tsiyaug,  the 
Chinese  Commissioner,  on  the  other  (commonly  referred  to  as  the 
Wang  Hiya  Treaty),  contained  the  following  provision  under 
Article  2 : 

“Citizens  of  the  United  States  resorting  to  China  for  the 
purposes  of  commerce  will  pay  the  duties  of  import  and  export 
prescribed  in  the  tariff,  which  is  fixed  by  and  made  part  of  this 
treaty.  They  shall  in  no  case  be  subject  to  other  or  higher  duties 
than  are  or  shall  be  required  of  the  people  of  any  other  nation 
whatever  * * * and  if  additional  advantages  and  privileges 

of  whatever  description  be  conceded  hereafter  by  China  to  any 
other  nation,  the  United  States  and  the  citizens  thereof  shall  be 
entitled  thereupon  to  a complete,  equal  and  impartial  participa- 
tion in  the  same.” 

This  treaty,  by  Article  III,  named  Kwangchow,  Amoy, 
Suchow,  Ningpo,  and  Shanghai  as  the  five  ports  which  the  citizens 
of  the  United  States  were  permitted  to  frequent,  and  where  they 
might  “reside  with  their  families  and  trade,”  and  also  “proceed 
at  pleasure  with  their  vessels  and  merchandise  from  any  foreign 
port”  (to  any  of  such  five  ports,  or  from  any  one  of  such  five  ports, 
to  the  other). 

Attached  to  the  treaty  is  the  tariff  to  be  paid  upon  goods 
imported  and  exported  by  the  United  States  at  the  Custom  Houses 
of  the  five  ports  referred  to. 

The  next  treaty  was  concluded  June  18,  18.'>8,  at  Tient-sin, 
by  the  American  Representative,  William  B.  Reed  and  the  Chinese 
functionary  Kweiliang.  This  treaty  says  on  the  particular  point 
we  are  now  concerned  with,  under  section  XXX  (the  first  mention 
of  the  “most  favored  nation  clause”),  as  follows: 

“The  contracting  parties  hereby  agree  that  shmrld  at  any 
time  ‘Ta-Tsing  Empire’  (which  is  the  style  in  the  treaties  used 
in  describing  China),  ‘grant  to  any  nation  or  the  merchants  or 
citizens  of  any  nation  any  right,  privilege  or  favor  connected 
either  with  navigation,  commerce,  political  or  other  intercourse 
which  is  not  conferred  by  this  treaty,  such  right,  privilege  and 


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favor  shall  at  once  freely  inure  to  the  benefit  of  the  United  States, 
its  public  officers,  merchants  and  citizens.” 

This  Tient-sin  treaty  also  contains  provisions  relating  to  then 
existing  treaty  ports,  and  stipulates,  under  Article  XIV  that  the 
citizens  of  the  United  States  are  permitted  to  frequent  the  same, 
“and  any  other  ports  or  place  hereafter  by  treaty  with  other 
powers  or  with  the  United  States  opened  to  commerce,  and  to  re- 
side with  their  families  and  trade  there,  and  to  proceed  at  pleasure 
with  their  vessels  and  merchandise  from  any  of  these  ports  to  any 
other  of  them.” 

Article  XY  is  to  the  effect  that  at  each  of  the  open  ports, 
citizens  of  the  United  States  “shall  he  permitted  to  import  from 
abroad  and  sell,  purchase  and  export,  all  merchandise  of  which 
the  importation  or  exportation  is  not  prohibited  by  laws  of  the 
Empire :”  and  after  referring  to  the  tariff  of  duties  as  being  sub- 
stantially the  same  as  that  fixed  by  the  treaty  of  Wang  Hiya, 
above  referred  to,  “except  so  far  as  it  may  be  modified  by  treaties 
with  other  nations,  it  being  expressly  agreed  that  citizens  of 
the  United  States  shall  never  pay  a higher  duty  than  those  paid 
by  the  ‘most  favored  nation.”’ 

A convention  between  China  and  the  United  States,  concluded 
at  Shanghai,  November  8,  1858,  between  the  same  Mr.  Keed  and 
Kweiliang,  refers  to  the  foregoing  Tient-sin  Treaty  and  to  its 
stipulation  that  the  tariff  shall  be  as  in  the  Wang  Hiya  Treaty, 
in  effect  recapitulating  the  clause  last  above  quoted  and  fixes  new 
tariff  and  regulations.  A further  convention  of  the  same  date 
between  the  same  parties  and  at  the  same  place,  has  reference  to 
liquidation  of  claims  of  American  citizens,  and  does  not  concern 
the  point  we  are  at  present  considering. 

The  next  treaty  was  concluded  July  28, 1868,  at  Washington, 
by  William  H.  Seward,  on  the  part  of  the  United  States,  and 
Anson  G.  Burlingame  and  two  others  (native  officials),  on  behalf 
of  China.  This  is  styled:  “Additional  articles  to  the  treaty  be- 
tween the  United  States  and  China  of  June  18, 1858,  etc.”  It  con- 
tains nothing  of  consequence  on  the  point  we  are  now  considering, 
hut  in  nowise  changes  the  trade  rights.  The  “most  favored  na- 
tion clause”  in  this  treaty  refers  rather  to  rights  of  United 
States  citizens  “in  respect  to  travel  or  residence,  etc.” 

The  next  treaty  was  concluded  November  17,  1880,  at  Pekin, 
by  James  B.  Angell  and  two  others  on  behalf  of  the  United  States, 
and  Pao  Chun  and  another,  on  behalf  of  China.  It  refers  to  the 
foregoing  and  supplemental  treaty  of  the  same  date,  proclaimed 
by  the  United  States  on  October  5,  1881,  refers  to  the  foregoing 
treaty  and  recites  the  fact  of  certain  points  of  incompleteness  in 


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existing  treaties  between  the  two  Governments,  and  in  Article  III, 
provides  as  follows : 

“His  Imperial  Majesty,  the  Emperor  of  China,  hereby  prom- 
ises and  agrees  that  no  other  kind  or  higher  rate  of  tonnage  dues 
or  duties  for  imports  or  exports  or  coastwise  trade  shall  be  im- 
posed or  levied  in  the  open  ports  of  China  upon  vessels  wholly 
belonging  to  the  citizens  of  the  United  States  or  upon  the  pro- 
duce, manufactures  or  merchandise  imported  in  the  same  from  the 
United  States  or  from  any  foreign  country,  or  upon  the  produce, 
manufactures  or  merchandise  exported  in  the  same  to  the  United 
States,  or  to  any  foreign  country,  or  transported  in  the  same  from 
one  open  port  of  China  to  another,  than  are  imposed  or  levied  on 
vessels  or  cargoes  from  any  other  nation  or  on  those  of  Chinese 
subjects.” 

The  above  treaty  of  November  17,  1880,  and  the  supplementa 
one  proclaimed  October  5,  1881,  will  be  found  in  the  United  States 
Statutes  at  Large,  Vol.  22,  pp.  826  to  829. 

The  above  last  mentioned  treaties  contain  nothing  else  of 
material  importance  on  the  point  immediately  concerned,  but  it 
is  of  interest  to  note  that  that  is  the  treaty  which  restricts  Chinese 
immigration,  its  provisions  being  further  put  into  effect  in  the 
UnitedStates  by  the  comprehensive  United  States  Statute  of  May  6, 
1882,  found  in  United  States  Statutes  at  Large,  Vol.  22,  p.  58,  and 
subsequent  ones  of  like  purport . 


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THE  CHIJ^A  ASSOOIATIOK 

The  China  Association,  on  the  lines  of  which  the 
American  Asiatic  Association  has  been  formed,  was  organized 
in  London  in  1889,  “to  represent,  express,  and  give  effect  to 
the  opinion  of  the  British  Mercantile  Commnnity  in  their 
political  and  commercial  relations  with  the  Chinese  and 
Japanese,”  and  “to  promote  and  iirotect  the  trade,  com- 
merce, shipping,  and  mannfactures  of  the  United  Kingdom, 
India,  and  the  Colonies  with  and  in  China,  Hong  Kong,  and 
Japan.”  This  Association  has  proved  itself  a power  in  all 
matters  affecting  the  commercial  i-elations  of  England  in  tlie 
Far  East.  It  has  branches  and  committees  in  Shanghai, 
Hong  Kong,  and  Yokohama,  and  its  general  membership  in 
Great  Britain  and  the  East  includes  537  individual  names. 
The  relations  between  the  Association  and  the  British 
Foreign  Office  are  intimate  and  mutually  advantageous  in 
respect  of  the  collection  and  diffusion  of  accurate  informa- 
tion. 

The  substantial  identity  of  purpose  of  the  two  organ- 
izations was  recognized  at  the  fifth  annual  general  meet- 
ing of  the  members  of  the  China  Association  held  at 
Shanghai  on  April  22,  1898.  On  that  occasion  the  follow- 
ing resolution  was  unanimously  adopted : “ That  this 

meeting  hears  with  pleasure  of  the  formation  in  New  York 
of  an  American  China  Association,  specially  to  watch  the 
commercial  interests  of  the  United  States  in  the  Far  East, 
and  tenders  to  the  new  society  its  hearty  sympathy,  feel- 
ing convinced  that  British  and  American  interests  are 
identical  in  the  joint  desire  of  both  countries  to  secure 
for  all  nationalities  open  trading  facilities  in  China.” 


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THE  AMERICAN  ASSOCIATION  OE 
CHINA. 

In  compliance  a suggestion  addressed  by  the 

Executive  Committee  of  the  American  Asiatic  Association 
to  Messrs.  F.  E.  Haskell,  J.  F.  Seaman,  J.  H.  McMichael 
and  W.  S.  Emens  of  Shanghai,  to  form  a branch  of  the 
Association  there,  “The  American  Association  of  China” 
was  provisionally  organized  at  a meeting  held  in  the  Mu- 
nicipal Board  Room  on  Friday,  December  16,  1898.  The 
following  resolutions  were  adopted  at  that  meeting,  and 
form  the  basis  of  the  organization : 

“ Resolved,  that  an  association  of  ATiiericans  residing 
in  the  Far  East  be  hereby^  formed  in  accordance  with  the 
circular  invitation  to  the  meeting  dated  9th  December,  to  be 
called  ‘ The  American  Association  of  China,’  the  primary 
objects  of  which  shall  be  the  furtherance  of  American  Trade 
and  other  interests  in  China  and  the  defence  of  American 
rights. 

^^Resolved,  that  such  Americans  present  as  favor  the 
establishment  of  the  Association  may  subscribe  at  this  meet- 
ing to  the  roll,  and  they  shall  thereby  provisionally  organize 
the  Association. 

‘•‘■Resolved,  that  the  following  named  gentlemen  or  such 
of  them  as  consent  to  serve,  be  invited  by  this  meeting  to 
constitute  themselves  a Committee  to  draft  a Constitution 
and  By-Laws  for  the  Association  which  shall  be  submitted 
for  approval  at  a further  meeting  of  the  Association,  viz.: 
Frank  P.  Ball,  A.  W.  Danforth.  J.  S.  l^earon,  J.  "Ward  Hall, 
F.  E.  Haskell,  Robert  H.  Hunt,  Rev.  John  R.  Ilykes,  J.  H. 
McMichael,  R.  W.  Mustard,  Rev.  F.  L.  Hawkes  Pott,  John 
P.  Roberts,  J.  F.  Seaman  and  E.  T.  Williams.” 

Thirty-eight  persons  signed  the  roll,  and  the  member- 
ship of  the  Association  now  includes  over  100  names. 


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THE  AMEEIOAI^  ASIATIC  ASSOCIA- 
TION OE  JAPAN. 

The  American  Asiatic  Association  of  Japan  was  organ- 
ized on  June  26,  1879,  and  its  first  annual  meeting  was  held 
on  November  29,  1879.  At  that  time  various  subjects  of 
commercial  interest  were  discussed  which  had  previously 
been  under  consideration  by  the  Executive  Committee. 
Among  these  were  the  following : 

1st.  The  Establishment  of  an  American  Bank  in  the 
Orient  with  Branches  in  Japan. 

2d.  The  Organization  of  a School  for  American 
Children  at  Yokohama. 

3d.  The  Provision  of  a Charitable  Fund  for  Americans 
in  Yokohama  and  Tokyo. 

4th.  A Reply  to  the  Department  of  State,  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission. 

An  opportunity  for  the  advantageous  exercise  of  the 
organization  presented  itself  in  the  arrival  at  Yokohama  of 
the  American  Volunteer  Soldiers,  returning  home  from  the 
Philippine  Islands.  The  Committee  appointed  two  of  its 
members  and  its  Treasurer  to  act  in  co-operation  with  the 
American  Ladies  of  Yokohama  in  providing  means  for  the 
reception  and  assistance  of  these  men  in  a hospitable 
manner. 

In  accordance  with  the  request  of  The  American  Asiatic 
Association,  Messrs.  McGrath,  Taylor,  Gill,  Olmstead  and 
Atkinson  were  invited  to  form  a branch  of  the  Association 
at  Kobe,  and  this  was  accomplished  in  harmony  with  the 
suggestions  made. 


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LIST  OF  MEMBEKS 

ENEOLLED  UP  TO  APEIL  21,  1900. 

HONORARY  MEMBERS. 

Barrett,  John,  Wasliington,  D.  C. 

Denby,  Charles,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Jesup,  Morris  K.,  New  York. 

MEMBERS. 

Abbeville  Cotton  Mills,  Abbeville,  S.  C. 
Abendroth  & Root  Manufacturing  Co.,  New  York. 
Allen,  Frederick  H.,  New  York. 

Allen,  George  Marshall,  New  York. 

American  Cotton  Co.,  The,  New  York. 

American  Lithographic  Company,  New  York. 
American  Steel  & Wire  Co.,  New  York. 

American  Trading  Co.,  New  York. 

Appleton,  Herbert,  New  York. 

Arnhold,  Karberg  & Co.,  New  York. 

Austin,  Nichols  & Co.,  New  York. 

Avis  & Co.,  William  A.,  New  York. 

Baily  & Co.,  Joshua  L.,  New  York. 

Bailey,  William  H.,  New  York. 

Barber  Asphalt  Paving  Co.,  The,  New  York. 
Barber  & Co.,  New  York. 

Barlow,  Peter  T.,  New  York. 

Batcheller,  George  Clinton,  New  York. 

Beale,  Truxton,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Bethlehem  Steel  Co.,  The,  South  Bethlehem,  Pa. 
Blackall  & Baldwin,  New  York. 

Bliss,  Fabyan  & Co.,  New  York. 

Boorum  & Pease,  New  York. 

Braeburn  Steel  Co.,  Braeburn,  Pa. 

Brice,  W.  K.,  New  York. 

Briesen,  R.  von.  New  York. 

Brill,  J.  G.  & Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


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Brooks  Locomotive  Works,  Dunkirk,  N.  Y. 

Brown  Brothers  & Co.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Burnham,  Williams  & Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Busk  & Jevous,  New  York. 

Buttfield,  W.  J.,  New  York. 

Carleton,  I.  Osgood,  New  York. 

Carnegie  Steel  Co.,  Ltd.,  The,  New  York. 

Carter,  Macy  & Co.,  New  York. 

Carter,  Ernest,  New  York. 

Cary,  Clarence,  New  York. 

Cary,  John  C.,  Lockhart,  S.  C. 

C.  & C.  Electric  Co.,  The,  New  York. 

Catlin  & Co.,  New  York. 

Central  Trust  Co.  of  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Champion  & Staudinger,  New  York. 

China  & Japan  Trading  Co.,  New  York. 

Cholwell,  George  C.  & Co.,  New  York. 

Chubb  & Son,  New  York. 

Clafliu  Co.,  The  H.  B.,  New  York. 

Clapp,  E.  E.  & Co.,  New  York. 

Colt’s  Pat.  Fire  Arms  Manufacturing  Co.,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Cooke  Locomotive  & Machine  Co.,  Paterson,  N.  J. 

Cordes,  E.  D.  & Co.,  New  York. 

Crescent  Steel  Co.,  New  York. 

Cruickshank,  Dwight  P.,  New  York. 

Dallas,  T.  B.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Danielson,  John  W.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Darlington  Manufacturing  Co.,  Darlington,  S.  C. 

Deering,  Milliken  & Co.,  New  York. 

Delacamp  & Co.,  New  York. 

Diamond  State  Car  Spring  Co.,  Wilmington,  Del. 

Diamond  State  Steel  Co.,  Wilmington,  Del. 

Diamond  Match  Co.,  The,  Chicago,  111. 

Dodge,  Francis  E.,  New  York. 

Edge  Moor  Bridge  Works,  Edge  Moor,  Del. 

Ehrich  Bros.,  New  York. 

Equitable  Life  Assurance  Society  of  the  United  States,  The, 
New  York. 


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Fairbanks  Company,  The,  New  York. 

Fearon,  Daniel  & Co.,  New  York. 

Flagg,  J.  H.,  New  York. 

Flint,  Eddy  & Co.,  New  York. 

Foot’d,  John,  New  York. 

Forbes,  Francis  Blackwall,  Boston. 

Fraser,  Alfred,  New  York. 

Fraser  & Chalmers,  Inc.,  New  York. 

Frazar  & Co.,  New  York. 

Funch,  Edye  & Co.,  New  York. 

Fitz,  W.  Scott,  Boston. 

General  Electric  Co.,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

Gilchrist,  Edward,  Boston. 

Goulds  Manufacturing  Co.,  The,  Seneca  Falks,  N.  Y. 
Grew,  Henry  S.,  Boston. 

Guaranty  Trust  Co.  of  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Gurley,  W.  & L.  E.,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Haines  & Bishop,  New  York. 

Hamilton,  George,  New  York. 

Hardley,  J.  Wheeler,  New  York. 

Harlan  & Hollingsworth  Co.,  Wilmington,  Del. 
Hartley  & Graham,  New  York. 

Hayward  & Wreaks,  New  York. 

Hewlett  & Lee,  New  York. 

Hicks,  George  F.,  New  York. 

Hoffman  & Co.,  J.  W.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hunt  & Co.,  Robert  W.,  Chicago,  111. 

Illinois  Steel  Co.,  The,  New  York. 

International  Express  Co.,  New  York. 

Irwin,  McBride,  Catherwood  & Co.,  New  York. 

Jackson  & Sharp  Co.,  Wilmington,  Del. 

Jones  & Laughlins,  Ltd.,  New  York. 

Johns  Mfg.  Co.,  H.  W.,  New  York. 

Kearney  & Foot  Co.,  New  York. 

Kissock  & Co.,  John,  New  York. 

Kurtz,  Stuboeck  & Co.,  New  York. 


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Lackawanna  Iron  & Steel  Co.,  New  York. 

Ladenburg,  Thalmann  & Co.,  New  York. 

Lane  & Co.,  George  W.,  New  York. 

Langdon,  Edwin,  New  York. 

Leftwich,  A.  T.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Lehmaier,  Schwartz  & Co.,  New  York. 

Lewinson  & Just,  New  York. 

Loomis,  Laurus,  New  York. 

Mali,  H.  W.  T.  & Co.,  New  York, 

Martin,  Newell,  New  York. 

Maryland  Steel  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McConway  & Torley  Co.,  The,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Mercantile  Trust  Co.,  The,  New  York. 

Middleton  & Smith,  New  York. 

Mills  Manufacturing  Co.,  Greenville,  S.  C. 

Minot,  Hooper  & Co.,  New  York. 

Moffat,  George  B.,  New  York. 

Montgomery  & Co.,  James  & John  K.,  New  York. 
Montgomery,  George  L.,  New  York. 

Morewood  & Co.,  New  York, 

Morse,  Henry  G.,  Wilmington,  Del. 

Mosle  Bros.,  New  York. 

Mourilyan,  Heimann  & Co.,  New  York, 

Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co.  of  N.  Y.,  The,  New  York. 

Naylor  & Co.,  New  York. 

Neuss,  Hesslein  & Co.,  New  York. 

Neptune  Meter  Co.,  New  York. 

New  England  Watch  Co.,  Waterbury,  Conn. 

New  Home  Sewing  Machine  Co.,  New  York. 

Newport  News  Shipbuilding  & Dry  Dock  Co.,New  York. 
New  York  Air  Brake  Co.,  New  York. 

New  York  Leather  Belting  Co.,  New  York. 

Nicoll,  De  Lancey,  New  York. 

Niles  Tool  Co.,  New  York. 

Norden  & Co.,  A.,  New  York. 

Noyes,  Bausher  & Gerrish,  New  York. 

Occidental  & Oriental  Steamship  Co.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Okonite  Co.,  The,  New  York. 

Otis,  McAllister  & Co.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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Pacific  Cable  Co.  of  New  York,  The,  New  York. 

Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Co.,  Sau  Francisco,  Cal. 

Pacolet  Manufacturing  Co.,  Pacolet,  S.  C. 

Pantasote  Leather  Co.,  The,  New  York. 

Parker,  Wilder  & Co.,  New  York. 

Parrish,  S.  L.,  New'  York. 

Parsons,  William  Barclay,  New  York. 

Passavant  & Co.,  New^  York. 

Pavenstedt,  Adolph,  New  York. 

Peabody  & Co.,  Henry  W.,  New  York. 

Peijperell  Manufacturing  Co.,  Biddeford,  Me. 

Perry,  Edw'ard,  New  York. 

Phelps,  Dodge  & Co.,  New  York. 

Philadelphia  Commercial  Museum,  The,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Phoenix  Bridge  Co.,  The,  Phcenixville,  Pa. 

Phoenix  Silk  Manufacturing  Co.,  New  York. 

Piorkowski,  A.  E.  (Capt.)  I.  G.  A.,  New  York. 

Porter,  Robert  P.,  New  York. 

Post,  Alfred  H.,  New  York. 

Potter,  E.  C.,  Chicago,  111. 

Putnam,  Hooker  Co.,  Cincinnati,  0. 

Railroad  Gazette,  The,  New  York. 

Rand  Drill  Co.,  New  York. 

Reedy  River  Manufacturing  Co.,  Greenville,  S.  C. 

Robbins  & Appleton,  New  York. 

Roberts  Co.,  A.  & P.,  New  York. 

Robinson,  Wallace  F.,  Boston. 

Rockhill,  W.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Roe,  Livingston,  New  York. 

Rogers,  Brown  & Co.,  New  York. 

Rogers  Locomotive  Co.,  Paterson,  N.  J. 

Sale  & Co.,  Yokohama,  Japan. 

Sampson,  E.  H.,  New  York. 

Schieren  & Co.,  Charles  A.,  New  York. 

Seligman  & Co.,  J.  & W.,  New  York. 

Sellers  & Co.,  William,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Shepard,  Augustus  D.,  New  York. 

Sheridan,  G.  K.,  New  York. 

Shewan,  Tomes  & Co.,  New  York. 

Sims-Dudley  Defence  Co.,  New  York. 


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Skinner,  E.  V.,  New  York. 

Sloane,  W.  & J.,  New  York. 

Sinitli,  Hogg  & Gardner,  New  York. 

Smith,  R.  15.,  New  York. 

Smith  & Schipper,  New  York. 

Spilshnry  Engineering  Co.,  E.  6.,  New  York. 

Stanton,  John  R.,  New  York. 

Spartan  Mills,  Spartanburg,  S.  C. 

Tliomas,  Samuel,  New  York. 

Thompson,  Henry  B.,  Wilmington,  Del. 

Thomson  Press  Co.,  John,  New  York. 

Tod,  J.  Kennedy,  New  York. 

Tompkins,  Calvin,  New  York. 

Tompkins,  D.  A.,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Townsend,  A.  M.,  New  York. 

Turner  Co.,  J.  Spencer,  New  York. 

United  States  Export  Association,  New  York. 

Vacuum  Oil  Company,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Vantine  & Co.,  A.  A.,  New  York. 

Vesta  Mills,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Wallace  & Co.,  William  H.,  New  York. 

Washbnrn,  W.  D.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Weld  & Neville,  New  York. 

Western  Electric  Co.,  New  York. 

Westinghouse  Electric  & Manufacturing  Co.,  New  York. 
Wheelock,  Thomas  R.,  Boston. 

Wheelwright,  Eldredge  & Co.,  New  York. 

Whitney  Manufacturing  Co.,  Whitney,  S.  C. 

Wilcox,  Franklin  A.,  New  York. 

Willett  & Gray,  New  York. 

Williams,  Frederick  Wells,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Windmuller,  Louis,  New  York. 

Winslow  & Co.,  C.  R.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Winter  & Smillie,  New  York. 

Wisner  & Co.,  Win.  H.,  New  York. 

Woodward,  Baldwin  & Co.,  New  York. 

Worthington  Pumping  Engine  Co.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Yale  & Towne  Manufacturing  Co.,  The,  New  York. 
Zalinski,  E.  L.  (Capt.),  New  York. 


MEMBERS  DECEASED. 

James  McGee. 
Calvin  S.  Brice. 


